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I made a couple more flasks today to cast these bottle openers. I need about 30 of them by mid September so with four flasks I should be able to get them done. Our riveted boat group is holding a meet in Tenneessee so I thought I'd take some swag to pass around. The rivetheads will be surprised.

I made a couple more flasks today to cast these bottle openers. I need about 30 of them by mid September so with four flasks I should be able to get them done. Our riveted boat group is holding a meet in Tenneessee so I thought I'd take some swag to pass around. The rivetheads will be surprised.

That is a super cool "Swag" item...especially given the moniker Rivetheads. Good luck with the casting. I might suggest you take that narrow section out of the middle...or place a small web top and bottom...otherwise it might break.

Thanks Evl, we were hosted on Lake Norman for 6 years. Now it's the TVA lakes twice a year.

That's a foam follower, the parts are embedded to the parting line. I have about four different patterns that I use the followers with.
Camera illusion, there's no paint.

Pretty cool....never thought about using a foam follower.

Man, that is some illusion.....it looks exactly like paint! Even looks like there are speckles from a spray can.

Photos are funny....We are looking for a used car for my daughter. It is really hard to spot flaws in a photo of a car on Craigslist. The photo never looks as bad as the dents, cigarette burns etc. Even when you try to take pictures of damage...to send to the daughter that is going to pay for the car....they still look better than the actual car, even when you are trying to show flaws!

That could be overshoot on the pin, I'll have to clean it up if it is. I was rushing, looked like rain was coming.
We've got family on Lake Wylie too, they have a big ass Donzi. Go out and hang around the sandbar by Tega Cay.